UK indie Dash Pictures has hired Jack Oliver as Head of Development and Executive Producer across all unscripted and scripted content. Jack, an experienced broadcast producer and executive, recently left European pay-TV giant Sky from his role as Head of Co-Productions after a decade at the company where he started as an Acquisitions Manager working […]
The ARF DASH TV Universe Study captures how American households connect to and consume TV across platforms and devices. Hispanic Heritage Month and the release of the first wave of DASH 2025 present a timely opportunity to look into the TV habits of Hispanics, a segment that now represents more than 15 per cent of […]
UK indie Dash Pictures, well-known for creating a slew of successful factual programming, has launched a scripted arm, it was announced today by Daniel Sharp, Founder. The first production emanating from this new venture is psychological thriller feature film Better starring Tom Hopper (The Umbrella Academy, Game of Thrones), which has just completed filming in the […]
UK indie Dash Pictures has announced five premium unscripted titles in production as part of its 2025 line-up, with more captivating shows to be announced in the coming weeks. Genghis Khan: The Secret History of the Mongols (6 x 1 hour), produced in association with National Geographic, charts the history of the Mongolian Empire from its […]
Bell Media has been selected to become Dotdash Meredith’s new Canadian sales partner, expanding premium digital advertising in Canada. This partnership leverages Dotdash Meredith’s premium digital inventory as well as Bell Media’s powerful sales team and advertising expertise to expand the reach and effectiveness of digital ad campaigns across the country. The partnership sees Dotdash […]
While big data streams from smart TVs and set-top boxes allow for granular and near real-time measurement of viewing audiences, the latest ARF DASH TV Universe study illustrates the extent to which panels are necessary for calibration to account for coverage gaps and biases inherent in big data sets. DASH is a granular enumeration study […]
The JCCP (Joint Content Conformance Partners) was funded by ATSC along with DASH-IF, the DVB Project, the Consumer Technology Association WAVE (Web Application Video Ecosystem) Project, and the HbbTV Association. The JCCP recently released an improved and widely available tool that validates the conformance of DASH content to relevant media specifications as a result of […]
Adaptive streaming specialist SeenThis has announced the launch of its new Emissions Dashboard which enables clients to track, measure and analyse their carbon footprint stemming from data transfer, alongside their campaign performance, in real time. This news follows on the heels of the announcement of SeenThis’ new creative platform last month. In addition to enhanced […]
The second phase of DVB’s work on next-generation video codecs (NGVC) will focus on delivering an enhanced service that builds on an existing base service in a manner that is more efficient than simulcast. Such an enhanced service would upgrade the base service to a significantly better experience, for example increasing spatial resolution, temporal resolution, […]